Indices of iron deficiency and anaemia in Bedouin and Jewish toddlers in southern Israel

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 857-860

  Urkin, J ^a,b,c   Adam, D ^a   Weitzman, D ^a   Gazala, E ^a,b,c   Chamni, S ^a,b,c   Kapelushnik, J ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ferric hydroxide polymaltose complex; Iron deficiency; Iron supplementation; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SALVAGE; BREAST MILK; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ARABS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249819085     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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